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hi, i'm jon secada. did you ow that chronic hepatitis c affects approxately one million hispanic americans? each story is different, but for at least 20 yearars my father never said how sick he was getting. he stayed silent, never talked over the options with his doctor. if he had, maybe i'd be siting him at home, instead of here. if you still think there strength in silence, talk to your doctor about your options and learn momore at tune in to hep c dot com. [whistles] guys, guys, guys. you've all been working here for 2 years. now, why do i have to keep teaching you the same stuff? i want to see you apply light pressure in small circles. can we take a break? the sun is scorching, and i'm very fair-skinned. you've only been out here for 8 minutes. whatever. ah, the intern car wash. are you saving up soou can finally get those pec implants rereplaced? ron is coming to town totoday, and speakiking of which,

i need to see you put on something a bit nicer. yoknow, this whole competitiothing that you have happening with your high school buddy, it is very, very boring. you know, like you were the homecoming king, he was the prom king. you went to medical school, he went to business school. yoyou got divorced, he got divorced. yeah, but he never has to see his wife anymore, so technically he's got me beat on that o. look, i am not going to let this weekendecome about who's a bigger man. ron's bringing his kid. i can't wait to meet the child. and when he pulls in here in his crappy rent-a-car and he gets one look at my hand-polished porsche, well, naturally, i'll have the lead. very exciting. [helicopter whirring] whoo-hoo! y. hey, guys. i knowhe chopper seems like a bit much, but there was crazy traffic, so i'm having my assistant drive my rental car over

from the airport. onking shave and a haircut] well, hardly seems worth it now, but what the hell? ha! so, per, what are you driving these days? i can't believe turk and carla are kicking out. when i was 15, my parents threatened to do the same thing, so i called them on it. they let you stay? nope. i lived with the babcks for 2 years. i didn't have a lot of rules though because they were really old and they thought i was a ghost. oh. [thinknking] all right, carla calls the shots. appeal to her ratial side. carla... i totally understand you guys need your space, buwith work and my financial situation, finding a new place is gonna be minimum, 2-4 years. come on, bambi. aren't there any other married couples that want to live in a small apartment with a 29-year-old man? [thinking] she called me a man. ok, time to play the best friend card. turk, i've always had your back, and you always had mine. are you sure you want to go through with this? it was my y idea. i banged your firirst girlfriend. chantal? now, look, i need a favor. let me try it, i'll move out for a week.

if you still like it, i'll move out for good. [together] agreed. all right. and don't worry about john dorian because i may be poor in pocket, but i'm rich in friends. elliot, i need t to crash at your place for a week. nope. [thinking] that's ok, because when god closes a window, he opens a door. [knocks on door] i'm just not sure i'm comfortable with you sleeping here. kylie, i hear you. but trust me, this week is not gonna be about sex even though i think we both agree that's where we'd eventually like our relationshship to end up, right? so what do you say? it's good see you, buddy. it is great to see you, i'll tell you that. looks like we got ourselves in a little walk and hug here. what say we-- yeah, , yeah. so look at you, mr. big-time doctor. i don't actually know what you do.-- i've told you 100 times. i run mergers and acquisitions for a large privatee equity hed fund.

you've forgotten already, haven't you? no, you do hedge clippings for a big farm. you privately acquire hedgehogs. ohoh, come on, you gogot a hog farm. give me a break. tell me this, how's that super sexy mother of y yours? you know what, your crurush on my mom s cute when we were 14, but the woman's s 85 no. you need to back off. or you can ask her out to dinner. i'll have heher pop in her "going out" teeth, and you two can see if t there's any real spark. jordan. hi. will you be joining us for dinner? no way. every time we go out, the whole night turns into giant conte. no, it doesn't. first one who tags the dog wins. [dog whimpers] count it. i've seen that dog around the neighborhood. i think we killed its spirit. yeah. look, why don't you bring nathan over to our place tonight? the kids can play, and we can forget all about this competition crap. i'd like that. so would i. jack is going to kick nathan's ass at playing. [mouthing words]

wh! how great is it not having j.d. around, h? ha! so great. soreat. now what? well, let's see. did it on the couch. uh-huh. did it in the kitchen. oh, yes. we did. want to do it on j.d.'s bed? i think it's about time someone did. [bh laughing [whimpers] you don't really want to have more sex, do you? god, no. i didn't even want to do it in the kitchen. well, what do we do now? whenever j.d. and i are bored, we like e to play a little game called "toe or finger." uh-huh. you close your eyes, and i run either a toe or finger undernth your nose and try to guess which one it is, huh? mmm-hmm! fine. whato you want to do? usually when j.d. gets off work, we gossip about hospital stuff. baby, that sounds a little immature. ok! then, you know, what the hell are we supposed to do? hi, guys.

thanks for inviting me over. thanks for letting us crash here, man. the todd's not accustomed to receiving gentleman callers. ok. oh, cool picture. which one of those guys is you? oh, i don't swim. so there's only one rule if you're gonna ay at el casa de todd. you got to hammock up. oh, i don't have one of those, todd. no problem. all right, jack, listen to me. ron's in the bathroom diapering his kid. when he gets out, it's playtime. and, son, lately your coloring's been sloppy and your elmosong-- well, unfortunately, it's lacked heart.t. now you and i, we both know that your super-secret go-to toy are your building blocks. wellit's time to shine, jackie cox. it is time to shine. earnaddy's love on 3. 1, 2, 3. earn daddy's love. [pants]

27-second diaper change. i can change a diaper in 20 seconds. oh, my god. say, ronnie, what say we let the kids play for a while? they could probably play with, oh, i don't know, how about the building blocks that jack very, very rarely ever even touches? you know, nathans actually in the 90th percentile in height. ck's only in the 85th. of course, he's in the 99th for head size. congratulations. your son's the hamburgler. head size is directly related to intelligence. really? [whistles] [whispers] jack, get the bucket off. oh! and laverne told me that nurse tisdale is sleeping with that married albino radiologist. oh, i feel so bad for his wife. elliot! it's not about empathy. it's about judging people. can't we do something else? look, i already said i don't want to play that game, turk. ok, you know what, i votelliot goes home because she's all up in our space! honey,y, she's in our space.

why? because i don't want to dish about other people behind tir backs or smell youtoe? why? because i don't want or finger.h about other people all i'i've seen so far is the toe, turk! see you tomorrow, guys. look, perry, we just have to accept jack the way he is, love him unconditionally, and enroll him in some sort of block-building class. look at these things, jordan. yeah? the lor coordition, the--the symmetry. a 2-year-old shouldn't be able to do this kind of stuff. what are you trying to say? j.d.: they say just admitting there's a probm is half the battle... even if it's someone you didn expect... what is wrong with youwe miss j.d. j.d.: the bottom line is, when the warning sigigns are right in front of you,u, there's no denying the truth. nathan has classic signs of autism. i got your campbell's chunky soup.

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and help kill the sources of bad breath then rinse clean away leaving cool tingling that just won'n't quit extreme clean from aquafresh. take the feeling of clean to the extreme. extreme clean from aquafresh. j.d.: scrubs will be back after a quick twosie.

ron's kid doesn't make eye contact, he barely speaks, and he freaked out when you tried to cuddle him. i mean, hell, if he was an adult, he'd be, well, you know...me. but those behaviors in a child could point towards autism. i think it's pretty obvous what we have to do. grit our teeth, get through the weekend, never speak to ron again? exactly. mm-hmm. i cannot believe what i just h heard! the ticktoing of your biological clock leading you tordss the cner of celibate and spinster way? sometimes it's great to already have a bastard child. you said it. you know, it is our obligation as doctors to tell someone when there is a problem. and i will bring a child intoto this world when i am good and ready, not when society dictates i must, hmm? [inhales deeply] good god, you smell like baby. i've only actually mee t the child once, so i think it's pretty important that we figure out a way

to spendnd some alone-time with him. perry, if i'm gonna be spending a lot of time with someone else's child, it's gonna be with our neighbor's 17-year-old. and don't think he hasn't asked. hehello? anybody home? j.d., wee right here. [thinking]g] tell them you want to come back! i just came by to get my toothbrush. carla to your toothbrush out the bathroom and put it in the hall closet. finger. bingo. come on, rowdy. we should ask him back. baby, no. we're too proud. we are the proud turks. hey, guys, the heater's broken again. what happened? [thinking] i clubbed it with a mag light. i can probablyytay and fix it. it could take 3, 4, 5 days. i did a triple bass yesterday. i think i could fix the heater. suit yourself. bye, trump player don't know. now i understand why your music is so sad.

so, i hear you're homeless. i wanna volunteer, give you a place to stay. i don't ink so, buddy. listen, crasash in my gage. i guarantee you there will not be another person in there. [animals squeal and chirp] you're gonna slather jam on my face and sic a family of raccoons on me, aren't you? damn it. i've become predictable. i'm out. oh, yeah? well, from what i hear i'm your last option. options?! i got cable tv and a dead dog. i got plenty of options. come on in. i've got a huge king bed. it'll be nice to have a buffffer between me and my mom. sorry, bro. we're a lilittle crowded tonight. lonnie, you have 3 kids? that i know of. [doorbell rings] yeah?

does doug murphy live here? the pathologist? yeah. no. he moved out. excuse me. i gotta go change somebody's life. ok... bubut, mr. mcmahon, would you mind-- hi-oh! you are correct, sir! so, why do you wanna baby-sit my kid? you think i can't hale my own kid? no, that's not it at all. i think you're great with your kid. you're fantastic with your kid. in fact, if you want, you can baby-sit my kid. are we really doing this? 'cause i'll baby-sit the hell out of your kid. oh, bring it on, daddy. who needs a baby-sitter? i'll do it! you don't even have to pay me in cash. just pay me in hot showersrs. and u don't have to, like, wash me, unless you want to, but that could be weird. i don't know. newbie, i've got this one covered. come on, you two are interracial best buddies. i, too, have a black best friend. go outut. enjoy it. celebrate your uniqueness. i can do it! i'm sorry. did you just call me black? because the last time i checked, the correct term was african-american! well, turk lets me call him brown bear. who the hell is turk?! i should go.

angry black man. [chuckles] never disappoints. i pull it out when i need to. heh heh! well, what d do you s? well, i do have a a lot of work to get done. you can watch nate. you got it. j.d.: sometimes the worst thing is getting exactly what you want. nathan? look at me. nathan. [softly] damn it. baby?hm hmm? could you get me a towel so i could wipe this sweat from my head? they're all dirty, ok? j.d. used to wash them. [sobbing] it's so hot! when the hell is he gonna finish fixing the heate! it's ok. 's a professial. i'm sure he's almost done. this... should not have been removed. todd de you wear a banana hammock to bed? it was horrible. i kept agining i was an olympic diverer.

well, it means a lot to me that y would go through all that just to respect mymy boundaries. you don't have to crash on the couch. mmm. [heavenly choir] aah! well, dr. dorian, yare you gonna join me? [thinking] i couldn't have planned it better. [knock on door] j.d.! we're sorry. the door was unloed, and we knew you'd be here. we want you back. i don't want to come home. it took me a month to get here from the couch. uh, j.d., maybe you should go home. [thinking] get the mome back! say something hot! perhaps we could invite turk and carla to join us on e bed.

i'll go. i think it is so great that you're gonna talk to your friend. and i kn it's gonna be hard, so if f you need me, you just say the word, and i will jump right in. i need to talk to you about nathan. that little guy's my life. i've gotta go. what's up? ron, there is no easy way to d do this, so i'm just gonna go ahead and say it. i thinnathan is autistic. and that's the real reason that wanted to spend time with him today. this is-- this is unbelievable. i know, but the good news here is that we found outut e early, soou can be as proaciv ye as you-- no, no, no. you are unbelievable. [chuckles] i mean... you can't handle the fact that my kid is better than your kid at building blocks, so you tell me there's something wrong with him?! you know what? uh...

why don't you just get the hell out of here, hmm? that's just not gonna happen. no way. j.d.: : at first i was a little disappointed that i wasn't sleeping at kylie's, but it was good to be home. i'm home!! hello, fridge. good to see ya, lamp. here i come, couch! oof! [thud] you guys movoved couch? j.d.d.: it's always nice to let your friends know that you appreate them... i'm glad you're home, buddy. i missed you, my african-american friend. callll me brown bea. brown bear. this, uh... is a classmate of mine from medical school. he's located up in your area now. i i think he'd realy be able to help you.

j.d.: but sometimes you just can't quite find words show that appreciation. ♪ i spend too much titime.. you know, uh... i just wanna say that, uh, i'm gonna handle this kid situation so much better than you ever could. [laughs] oh, give me a break. i would kick your ass in situation-handling. i'm a doctor, for god sakes. and for the record, the vegas odds-makers are makin' coxy a heavy favorite. well, then,, i would just bet on me and make a bundle. you know what? i probably would, too. [chuckles] aha! behold, the twinkie from the first day we moved in. i owe you an apology, turk. splitsies? of course. heh. want some? no. ok, fi. more for me.e. so, bambi, whwhat's the deal with all e things you do around here? what do yomean? ththe laundry, the fixing the radiator, the listening to me gossip and playing stupid games with turk. how do you make your lfdo all that stuff?

j.d.: at the end of the day, the best thing to do for your friends is to be honest. i don't know. i never really thought about it. i guess when you care about someone, you'll do whatever you can to make 'em happy you u know, it's funny. you guys couldn't go one week alone with each other without needing j. dizzle around. what is up with that? j.d.: you just have to hope that your honesty doesn't make them realize something they didn't wanna know. we're in trouble aren't we? yeah.

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>> now, on a special edition of "extra," the perfect storm. terrifying video, a g.m.a. reporter nearly swept out to sea. the reporters in peril cering monster hurricane sandy. >> those buildings might be destroyed already. >> houses walker -- washing away, cruise ships pound and

worst is yet to come. maria covering the chaos on her video diary. then, donald in danger? where trump's hiding out. >> you're staying? >> i live or die with it. >> wall street, the subways, the tv shows shut down. howard stern, kelly and michael going on with the show and we're there. >> the subways are closed. >> w escaped an earthquake only to get caught in the hurricane? the trael nigmare. >> i'm stuck in chicago. >> 1000 flights canceled. our travel detective, peter greenberg today, with five things the airlines won't tell you. >> the airlines say to call us on the 800 number. >> the parallels to hold wood's disaster movies from 2012 to the day after tomorrow, is fiction that far from reality? fm the center of t storm, this is "extra." >> w welcome to "extra,"'m maria menounos here in new york city.

mario, i'm on the hudson river where the winds have picked up, the water is quickly rising and the storm is about to break. >> we have been watching some trulyllhilling images today -- massive waves, houses slammed, reporters dragged into the ocean. >> yeah, mario, i is gegetting scary out here. we're getting pelted with rain and it's only going to get worse. >> millions of americans in danger, a once-in-a-century super storm seemingly hell bent on wreaking a path of total destruction up a down the east coast. homes washing away. >> parts breaking off and falling into the ocean. >> reporting washing away. >> whoa! >> 60 million people will be impacted. >> this is one for the record books. >> closed, shut, blaring front-page nds sandy's path. journalists putting their lives

on the line to cover the mster maelstrom. >> it's biting ice pelts slamming across us. >> cbs's chip reid caught in a sudden storm surge. >> whoa! >> that wave just came roaring over. >> abc matt gutman and his cameraman swamped by a wall of water trying to escape to higher ground. even maria feeling the wind's fury. >> it's getting wild out here right now. >> the weather channel's jim cantore with her in new york city. >> will this storm live up to the hype? >> we're going to fd out. this is a factor of the storm beingo big and pushing the wawater up into areas where it can't get out. we saw this with katrina. if the w water comes up as expected, we would be under water, our crew would be under water, the battery park area will be under water. >> donald trump phoning in to me he's staying put in the big apple.

>> what -- where are you right now? > i'm in trump tower in my office. >> shouldn't yoube gettiting out of there? >> only because i love new york. we are fully prepared. we know exactly what to do and how to do it. >> you're staying? >> i live or die with it. i built many great ghlings new york and i feel confidence in those buildings because i built them. >> sandy truly a history maker. the stock market's first weather-related shutdown in 27 years. ubway service canceled, grand central station transformed into a ghost town. knbc's chris coleman with mario at the grove. >> what makes this ststorm so dadangerous? >> it's storm within a storm. it's a hurricane, a tropical system inside a nor'easter. >> have you ever seen anything like that before? >> nobody has. whenou have seven to 11 feet of water where it's never been before, nobody knows how the earth will react. >> 1,000 miles wide, an

unimaginable 36 hours, how long sandy could lash new york city. 80-plus mile-an-hour wind gusts are forecast. president obamama iuing this warning. >> to all the people across the eastern seaboard, you need to take this very seriously. >> a dangerous and deadly storm and for the city that never sleeps, a very long night ahead. >> i thought this was interesting, because new york subway is so massive, it takes eight to 10 hou just to shut it down. >> all the shows on broadway have been shut down, too, and it seems like the only people that work in new york right now are rescue workers and reporters. >> yeah, i am in the middle of a sea of reporters here in battery pa. earlier today, i was society -- set of kelly and michael, one of thenly shows upand running in new york city. you know how big theheir hallown eh episode is.

>> nothing has shut down new york until now but with sandy bearing down, the capital of the world taking a full time-out. ivanca trump sending out this ominous pic. broadway shuttered. the goodwife" and "gsip girl" silenced and production on russell crowe's "noah" washed out. > "live with kelly and micha" one of the only shows to live by the mantra, the show must go on. >>we are probably the only people in new york working right now. how does it feel? >> it feels terrible. >> michael almost not making it back after shooting fox nfl sunday in l.a. >> how did you find a plane to get her did you call travolta? >> no. how cool would that be?

>> they're hoping sandy doesn't threaten the annuual halloween party wednesday. >> what do you have planned? >> what don't we have planned? together we have 40 costume changes. >> ryan seacrest escaping an l.a. earthquake only to arrive for the big a apple storm. >> there wasas anybodyere? >> ghost town. there's no starbucks open. >> nothing keeping the king of all media off the air. howard stern patching a skeleton crew together at sirius/xm.. >> half the people who live in manhattan wer evacuated. >> anderson cooper getting the weather channel's mike saidel to explain what makes sandy so scary. >> why is this so extraordinary? >> the extraordinary part of is is the meteorology, we've never seen anything tracked like this. >> jimmy kimmel forced to cancel tonight's special show from the

brooklyn academy of music but vowing to return tomorrow. >> i'm prepared for the storm. i'm part of the extreme weather team. >> david letterman and jimmy fallon also fightingg to sta on the air. jimmy tweeting, "we will be doing a new show tomorrow night no matter. what" no matter what has a new name, sandy. >> guess how much it costs shut down broadway for one day. >> millions? >> $3 million a day so earlier today i went to times square and shot videoeo o what it's l likeo be here in new york on this day. time to shop for supplies.s. we ju traved new york, it's 3:45, got to get suppliesor a couple of days. getting lots of water. everyone else is trying to get away from the storm and we are flying into the storm. we are on our way to kelly and michael to do an interview with them and then we are going to shoot "extra" and we have

everything we need in our backpacks to survive if we get stuck somewhere. the water! oh, my god! have you ever seen that? >> never seen it that high. >> whoa. oh, my god. this is nuts. wednesd may not happen, right? >> i'm cher -- sure gelman will make us. >> kelly will be in the front of the boat, i'll be in the back of the canoe. row! row! he'll make sure we're here. >> my rain gear! >> i thinkeople are considering the calm before the stm. you can see behind me people are walkin their dogs. we have a lot of news crews behi me but people e getting last moments in before they have to hunker down for the next 24 to 30 hours. we are in front of the steps of

the statue of liberty. it hasn't starteted raining yet. it's just misting here and it's superr windy and you know boots to get ugly. we are in an evacuation zone. mandatory evacuation for this zone, thank you. we gotcha. we're out, let's go. we wilill have amazing coverage for you tomorrow night. make sure you tune in. >> up next, 10,000 flights canceled, thousands more stranded, the perfect storm, the ultimate travel nightmare. >> if you think you'll be traveling this week, think again. >> peter greenberg's travel survival guide. >> this is what the airlines won't tell you. >> new york's greatest fears realized, the worst-case scenario barrels down on the big apple. >> it's terrifying weather channel simulion predicted

what would happen if the center storm hit new york city. >> how close did hollywood come to getting it right? >> the mother of all disaster movies. >> "extra" brought toou by l'oreal paris. [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic tesivision >> coming up, surviving hurricane sandy's a airport nightmare. the secrets the airlines won't tell you. plus who was just tasered and

>> we are bacack in new york ciy at battery park. the entire city is bracing for sandy right now and a.j. was supposed to be with me here today but his flighght was canceled. >> and he's not alone. more than 10,000 flights have been canceled because of the storm and a.j. sent us this from the chicago. >> that's how the fligight boars are looking all across the u.s. right now, anything going to the northeast is canceled. i'm stuck at chicago o'hare. it's been two days. i don't know when i'm going to make it home, praying for everybody in new york and new jersey and everybody that's

affected by this storm. >> you're probably not going to see a.j. until wednesday or thursday when the flights are expected to go back on schedule. >> that is for sure. today we talked to travel expert peter greenberg who told us what you can d if you're caught in an airline nightmare like the one thousands are facing today. >> t travel lockdown, canceled flights, stranded travelers, the airline industry slammed with losses of $600 million. hurricane sandy creating a domino effect, paralyzing passengers worldwide. >> for every 12 hours an airline is down, it takes them at least 36 hours to get back into sequence. cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is with us with the five important tips you needo know. >> this is what the airlines won't tell you. they'll tell you your flight is scheduled to leave on time but won't let you know iff the aircraft assigned to your flight is anywhere near the airport where you are. you need to ask them for the tail number or aircraft number of the plane you're supposed to

be on because if that plane's in bogota and you want to go to boston, you may have a p proble. >> we're hearing that a lot of passengers a taking to twitter. >> in a situation like this, the airlines say call us on the 800 number but you can't get through on the 800 number but airlines are good at monitoring twitter and facebook and you might get a faster response by going online but don't tell yourife story. >> alternate routes, is that smart? >> for example, i'm in madison, wisconsin. i need to get to las vegas. i need to go from here to minneapolis to los ageles to las vegas but i will get there. >> what about alternate airports? >> think baltire instead of washington national, think burbank instead of l.a.x. there may be other opportunities where delays aren't as bad. >> instead of flying from point a to point b, flying somewhere else and renting a car. >> that's another way to do it. if you're going to depend on the

airlines to get you to your desired l location, you may be disappointed. > tomorrow, stranded by sand. >> do not call reservations. >> how to avoid price gouging by airlines and hotels, tomorrow on "extra." coming up, new york's subways under water, wall street destroyed by a tidal wave. could the perfect storm wreak this havoc? >> hopefully no one's on the street. >> the weather channel simulation asking, what if? and how close will sandy get to these hollywood disaster movies. why madonna was nearly booed off the stage and who got tasered at tom cruise's house? >> celebrity news, fashion and gossip. it's what we do 24/7. you drive the conversation on "extra's" facebook page. >> or follow us on twitter. and our new web obsession, pinterest. >> get in on the conversation. >> extratv.com is everywhere you

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>> nexext "extra," our special coverage of the perfect storm. maria's overnight hurricane diaries >> we are back in new york with special cerage of hurricane sandy and, mario, earlier i was

walking around manhattan and it feels like a ghost town. it feels like a disaster movie, it's that eerie. >> i bet it does. even the name frankenstorm sounds like a horror movie. >> it actually reminds me, being from bostoton, of a storm that t years ago there. it was called the perfect storm and later it actually became the subject of a movie that starred george clooney and mark wahlberg. >> mother nature's fury captured, recreated, perfected byollywood. clooney's perfect storm is today's perfect storm, literally caused by the same weather systemurricane joing a cold front. the recorded waves on that were at some places 90 feet so it's a 13 sry building. >> this is hollywood so why stop at one storm when you can wipe out the world? john cusack's 2012 with a tidal wave nearly wiping out humanity. >> there's some weird sick

thrill about seeing destruction but it walks that line. this isn't real, this is fantasy. in real life it would be horrible. >> jake gyllenhall and dennis quaid in "the day after tomorrow a movie complete with environmental warnings to go green or we'll go the way of the dinosaurs. >> the mother of all disaster movies. >> this may be the most horrible, because this is seemingly playing out today. wall street and the subways completely flooded, manhattan, a real-life water world. >> you're not talking about pumpmping out the subways but rebuilding them. >> a worst case what if dramatized in the weather channel's, "it could happen tomorrow." >> china town and wall street will be under water. >> sandy hitting hollywood hard, sinking a "pirates of the caribbean" ship off the coast of carolina. the ship's crew abandoning ship.

and just like a hollywood happy ending, we hope for calm after the storm. >> i'll have more on hurricane sandy from here in new york in a sec but first let's headack to mario in l.a. >> we start with a wild story, a man was tasered and arrested at tom cruise's house. jey has the latest. >> intoxicated, in handcuffs, under arrest. that scary scene underfolding at the superstar's beverly hills estate last night. cops say 41-year-old jason sullivanas drunk and tried to climb a fence when tom's security teamam spotted him, tasered him and called the police who arrested him. neither tom nor family was home to see the neighbor cedfed and hauled off t jail. cheers and tears for madonna at her new orleans c concert. >> i don't care who you vote for as long as it't's obama. >> the material girl drawing big

boos and concert goer walkouts caught on youtube. madonna not backing down and responding with a message for the angry crowd. before carrying on with the show. did jennifer aniston get the first look at drew barrymorore's new baby girl, olive? yes, she did.. drew making her first public appearance since giving birth. she and hubby, will, showing jen and justin theroux iphone pics while partying with cameron diaz and salma hayek. >> you can feel it in the air, it's electrifying. >> jen knows how to make friends with the flash bulbs, that dress, that ring, showing off her half million dollar sparklers. kim k going blonde, on rumor control about her giant ring. it's not an engagement ring. >> it's just a fun piece of jewelry. >> kim k and her second annual halloween bash in new york city,

decked out in her mermaid costume. kanye, a captain's costume and that do a $2,000 wig.

>> that's itor tonight's "extra" from here in new york. mario i'm getting pelted in the face by rain. i will have the very latest tomorrow on hurricane sandy from here in new york. >> stay safe, maria. we'll keep you updated on hurricane sandy 24/7 at extratv.com but right now we'll leave you with frightening images o of this super storm. captioned by the national captioning institute ---www.ncicap.org---

hours. but none so stark as the one from lower manhattan. where a massive chunk of one of the busiest cities in the world literally went dark. and as that darkness fell, the rivers that surround lower manhattan emptied on to city streets. >> surreal is not even the word here. this perfect storm as it has been called, left power problems in its wake, far from the eye of the storm caused by so many downed power lines, fires and flooding. here in new york city. this dramatic explosion caught on tape. plunging an entire neighborhood into darkness. so many questions this morning about, now the aftermath of sandy, going to be the discussion for days. of course, we begin a few miles away in lower manhattan, home to the nation's financial center,

of course, that's the explosion we mentioned a second ago that caused power outages. in that part of the city. dramatic footage there. on top of that -- the water was the part of the story, a wall of it 14 feet high came over the sea wall right into the streets of this city. >> abc's juju chang is there this morning and joins us with the latest. juju? >> reporter: storm surges of up to 11 feet have been battering the southern tip of this island. streets and avenues turning to rivers as the water surrounding manhattan poured over sea walls in the full moon high tide. we were with new york governor andrew cuomo as he watched the water surge at the mouth of one tunnel at the height of the storm. what is your biggest concern at this hour? >> the -- where it stops, that's the first thing, where it stops, when it stops? and what damage it is doing in the meantime? >> reporter: water flooded the newly unveiled ground zero memorial. much it underground. just uptown, the facade of a four-story

residential building came toppling down exposing apartments inside leaving no one injured. new york officials were so concerned about 90-mile-an-hour gusts of wind touching down they shut down the historic brooklyn bridge and just about every bridge and tunnel coming into manhattan. offshore, lady liberty's torch has been extinguished as power outages spread across town. a small explosion hitting a con-edison plant. there are 375,000 people who live in the evacuation zones in low-lying areas prone to flooding. deep in the heart of the evacuation zone we ran across stubborn holdouts who decided to ride out the storm. what is your biggest fear as the storm is hanging over us? >> my biggest fear is we have two very large cranes on the north side of our building. if something were to come unhinged and the frame would come down and collapse into the building. >> reporter: matthew is right to be concerned about the crane. in midtown, high above a luxury building, a construction crane toppled over in the high wind. threatening pedestrians below. >> i heard that it could come

down. i thought i would come check it out. >> reporter: a nearby high end hotel evacuated their guests. >> watch your back, folks. get on the sidewalk! >> reporter: that crane dangles in the fierce winds and the bradshaws report they too have lost power. they say it will be a long couple of days. >> we are just about literally, minutes from high tide. but this -- this is not good. this is not good. >> reporter: that's an understatement. >> yeah. >> what a 12 hours it has been. also a developing story right now. a terrifying night for more than 200 patients at one of the nation's largest hospitals. after a backup generator failed at new york university medical center, the patients had to be evacuated right in the middle of the storm. >> they started with the sickest and youngest including 20 infants from the neo-natal intensive care unit. also known as the nic-u. we are told that city officials are doing a head count at other hospitals in getting projections on how long battery backup power can last. >> it is such an amazing scene.

look at the line of ambulances right there, lining up to get the folks, other hospitals that are functional right there. the folks in critical condition. every second counts. they have to be so careful with lives in your hand. the picture showing the line of ambulances outside, nyu medical center there to evacuate patients. this could be one of the big questions after the storm. how could the backup generators at one of the country's best hospitals simply fail? on top of that, transformer explosion is being blamed for knock ing out some of the power in manhattan. >> around 8:30 eastern last night. sending sparks from a con-edison plant into the night sky. miraculously, no reported injuries. the utility is calling it a "substation equipment failure." con-ed officials say even their own offices are running on limited power as they scramble also, fire fighters in new york pulled off a dramatic

rescue as sandy bore down on the city. they waded through chest-high floodwaters to get, to get to a fire that was tearing through a block in the neighborhood of far rockaway queens. they scaled a burning building and pulled about 25 people from the roof. three surrounding buildings collapsed. but the firefighters did manage to get the residents safely to higher ground. sandy blew ashore and brought a massive storm surge and flooding to the jersey coast. >> my home state. point pleasant beach one of the areas overrun with water left in the dark on top of that. abc's reporter is there, i spoke with him just a few moments ago. >> reporter: rob, point pleasant beach, new jersey, popular shore town here on the jersey coast. there is an amusement park. a popular night life spot. but it has been, basically, flooded in, from the storm. and we were on the beach doing live shots when the water started to overtake the dunes. at that point we felt, we had to move our truck, because the water was coming in on to the streets.

not just -- in the areas right by the beach, but actually flooding some of city streets. we decided to move a half mile away and rebase. we were broadcasting. then all of a sudden the water crept up behind us there. half mile from the shore. so, we moved another quarter mile away. we hope that we are safe here. you have reported there are hundreds of thousand of people in the state without electricity. there is no light to be seen here. no power whatsoever. >> do you get the sense that most people heeded the government's warnings to get out of dodge? >> in this area, rob. most people have heeded the evacuation warnings and orders. i think that's probably true for most of the coastal communities in new jersey. >> have the waters started to recede at all so far? or is it still as bad as it was a few hours ago? >> we have not yet had a sense to get out around town. with natural sunlight or natural daylight to see exact ly what has gone on here. as soon as the sun does rise, as

soon as daybreak allows, we will venture out and assess what happened. >> in a storm like this so often the real danger and the real killer is the storm surge. really is. we have seen that play out the last 12 hours. there are also reports this morning that more than half of atlantic city, new jersey, is underwater. >> floodwaters up to 6 feet deep surging into the city streets and damaged an old section of the famous boardwalk that you see here. a 300-yard section, waves were as high as the light poles on the boardwalk. but again that is where sandy first touched down on the east coast. >> unimaginable scene. landfall, 8:00 last night. also they're waiting for daylight to assess the devastation along the jersey shore where sandy made landfall just a few hours ago. >> sandy cut off not just atlantic city, but other barrier island communities as well. the national guard and fire department spent much of the night rescuing residents who insisted on staying despite a very stern warning from the governor. >> this is not a time to be a showoff.

this is not a time to be stupid. this its a time to try to save yourself and your family. >> at least 10 people had to be rescued from the tops of their roofs, a curfew in effect in atlantic city. until morning. i don't understand why any one would want to mess with evacuation orders. just get out. >> those officials give those warnings for a reason. some new jersey towns right across the hudson river from new york are dealing with serious flooding this morning. last night, emergency crews had to rescue several people from their flooded homes. >> those being brought out had ignored evacuation orders and had hoped to ride out the storm at home. one man said he was rescued from a second story window. >> saw some footage where a woman was being rescued in a wooden coffin, her halloween decoration. they pulled her in that in the water to get her to safety. the irony pretty thick in that one. >> i have a good quote, you are not only endangering your life but the lives of the first responders. >> exactly. that is so true.

the storm is now moving inland. that does not mean it is all over. >> for more on where it is going and what's left we are joined by accuweather's jim dickey. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and paula. well, the worst looks like it is over here. sandy will slowly weaken as we head forward. a look at radar imagery, the northeast and mid-atlantic. >> okay. technical difficulty there. we apologize for that too. the question we were talking about earlier, the brunt of the storm is over. at issue, back surge, we are talking about, of course, high tide, as well, in a few hours this morning. >> i was talking with our meteorologist ginger zee. i said is it over? what more can we expect? she says there will be a back surge. with the back surge, you might expect higher wind. we don't know to anticipate more flooding, probably going to come when the sunrises. when the sun rises that's when we'll see the aftermath of the extent of the storm. sam champion our weather editor said, quote, this is the scenario everyone feared when making disaster plans. >> that's why, nickname it the perfect storms. so many dangerous factors

collided and now we are seeing the aftermath of that. speak of aftermath, at least one of the nine nuclear plants in sandy's path declared an alert, oyster creek nuclear plant state of new jersey, the nation's oldest, reported a power loss and high water. said there was no danger. >> the plant was already out of service for refueling. still additional inspectors are making sure operators are taking proper precautions. >> those of you trying to fly you know what a headache the storm has been. airlines canceled 7,800 flights monday. most because of the storm. another 5,600 are already canceled for today. one airline source tells abc news the problems with road conditions, airport facilities and computer operations are going to slow down the ongoing recovery efforts. a lot of folks stuck in air ports cannot be happy. no. the storm is also disrupting the presidential campaigns as well. president obama back in washington monitoring the hurricane after clearing his calendar.

>> mitt romney also canceled his events today. 30 canceled so far. both campaigns are using social media to urge supporters to contribute to relief efforts. and romney staffers are collecting supplies at campaign offices. >> there was some brief chat on twitter -- should they delay the presidential election because of the storm? highly unlikely to happen. an interesting conversation how it impacted both campaigns. coming up next, big headaches in the big apple. >> new york city practically cut off from the outside world for the first time since 9/11 attack -- attacks. we'll talk to a city official about what's ahead when we come back. you are watching "world news now." about what's ahead when we come back. you are watching "world news now." septic disasters are disgusting and costly, but avoidable.

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more than 8 million people live here in new york city and millions more travel here every day to work. but right now all the subways, all the subways, buses, bridges, and tunnels are literally shut down. power to the subways could be out for days. >> that means the whole city is pretty much shut down. joining us on the phone, kevin ortiz of the metropolitan transportation authority, mta, managing all the closures, good morning, kevin. thank you for joining us. >> good morning, guys. >> want to read a statement from the chairman of the mta, released not too long ago, he said, "hurricane sandy wreaked havoc on our transportation system in every borough and county of the region. he said, "this is -- never faced anything quite as devastating add this." which lead to the million-dollar question, any idea yet when the system will be back up and running? >> again, the chairman is absolutely right. we have really seen some

extensive damage throughout the entire region as a result of downed trees, loss of power, and, you know as you can see, you know just really dramatic and serious flooding in our tunnels, rail yards and bus depots. the most notable being the seven subway tunnels underneath the east river. that essentially serve as a connection between customers riding between manhattan and brooklyn and queens as well. those tunnels have been, have been flooded and you know we're in the process of assessing extent of damage and process of recovery. >> is there a best guess in terms of when the subways are open, talking a day or two, or talking maybe, five or six days? >> well, it's really difficult at this point to predict the amount of time required to pump water from a flooded tunnel. we need to go down there and see, essentially what's down there. with regard to, again, pumping water out of the tunnel. bringing equipment and as well as the adjoining stations back into service. so, you know we'll take a peek, see what is down there.

in essence could be anywhere between 14 hours to four days. just to pump the water out. then we have to essentially, inspect every inch of rail and inspect all the infrastructure down there to make sure we can provide safe service. needless to say this will be a pretty lengthy process. >> kevin ortiz from the mta joining us. thank you for joining us on "world news now." again, 108 years old, talking about one of the oldest and biggest rapid transit system in the world. whether or not they were prepared for something of this magnitude. >> as the subways go so goes new york city. all right, still ahead, a wrap up of some of sandy's impact from around the country. >> it's all coming up next on "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"

welcome back, everybody. hurricane sandy slammed into the mainland near atlantic city, new jersey, last night. but nearly every state east of the mississippi river knows it has arrived, the eye of the storm, rehoboth beach, delaware. >> if you haven't felt it you will be feeling the effect soon. heavy rain had been falling in delaware since saturday. this morning the people who live there are coping with massive flooding, driving is still banned on all roadways. >> in the philadelphia area, more than 400,000 homes were city of brotherly love and full

restoration could take more than a week. heavy rain battered the city along with wind gusting as high as 70 miles an hour. philadelphia schools, municipal offices and mass transit will remain shut down at least, at least through today. the other region battered by wind, topping 80 miles an hour, southern new england, rhode island and massachusetts coast. this video shows a house near the famous kennedy compound in high an isport destroyed monday afternoon. while there was wind damage. officials in massachusetts say they're relieved the state dodged a direct hit from sandy. off the coast of north carolina, the coast guard rescued 14 members of a sailing boat crew despite 40-mile-per-hour winds and 18-foot waves. the sailors on board a replica of an historic sailboat "hms bounty." when their generator went out and the boat capsized. the body of one crew member was recovered. the captain is still missing. >> the super storm is dumping up

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and none of us have ever seen a storm like this. there are extraordinary images to prove it. you are looking at those right now. >> absolutely. this was a novelty for the northeast part of the country. for sure many images have been shared on facebook and twitter. we have been seeing extraordinary pictures coming in. want to thank everybody for sharing them. please keep them coming to our facebook page, your twitter account or mine as well. let us know what you have seen in some of the images. this area of the country and city have never, ever seen before. >> here is how you can do that. go to our facebook page, wnnfans.com. tweet us at #wnnfans. and just

taking a look at some pictures floating in at a rapid pace. most of those, those pictures going to show you from new york city. >> this one right here, yeah. >> this is actually a carousel i took my kids to just outside the brooklyn bridge. carousel, completely submerged. surrounded by a green area and a little beach. as you can see right now, the carousel, the merry go round, not so merry. >> not so merry. the horses are still tonight. >> yes they are. >> in a storm like this, imagine flooded streets, a concern. poor people, their cars, you can see. if you can't see the street don't drive through the water. some folks just don't heaped the warnings. looks like the headlights are on. someone tried to make it through there -- obviously did not. >> picture floating in from, through social media right there. it looks like water just gushing, beyond that, i really can't detect what that is. >> an abstract piece, paula. that's more, interpret it. >> the "world news now" museum.

>> that's right! >> yeah, van gogh. that was little clearer too. the streets, flooded streets. a problem. particularly, lower manhattan. through the last, you know, 12 hours or so. nypd van. >> for those that have not evacuated, not heeded the warnings. this is the situation you are putting the first responders in. they're forced now to go into the situations where you were supposed to evacuate and now try to save you. >> one of the icons of life in new york city, yellow cab, we all live and die by those things. cabs having trouble. stranded as well. more roadways flooded here. areas that never saw this kind of water. you look at the scenes. >> this is right outside our building. >> right there near lincoln center. you heard so many people say -- "is this going to be like irene?" hit last august. this storm crushed irene. absolutely no comparison. pieces of buildings falling in the street like that one there. >> you saw the tree. at my family's home, we're okay,

just -- and the debris that is flying. that we have to look out for. >> the lower end of manhatta